Hey kids, do you partake of the drug known as marijuana? Then the only job you’re likely to get is as a burrito taster. That’s one of the messages the Office of National Drug Control Policy is sending in its new series of antidrug ads.
Designed to look like those ‘70s-era comic book ads for Sea-Monkeys and x-ray specs, the ads feature a mustachioed man holding a burrito and giving the thumbs-up. “Become a burrito taster!” the text reads. “Why waste the best days of your life going to college when you can train to become a BURRITO TASTER! Money, power and jet packs are just some of the benefits that a certified burrito taster enjoys. That, and ALL THE BURRITOS YOU CAN HANDLE!”
Tiny text at the bottom laconically adds, “Hey, not trying to be your mom, but there aren’t many jobs out there for potheads.”
Um. Putting myself in the mind of a teenager, burrito taster actually sounds like a pretty dreamy job. All the burritos you can eat? Other than a couch in a basement apartment, a video game console, and a connection to the Internet, what else can you aspire to in life? This is an antidrug ad how? No wonder yet another recent study found that the $1 billion antidrug campaign we’ve been waging since the 1990s hasn’t worked.
Also, did anyone tell the folks at the Office of National Drug Control Policy that burrito is actually slang for marijuana?
I’d like my tax money back now, please. And I’ll take my burrito with refried beans.
Burrito Taster!! Dude, sign me up…..(exhales big cloud of smoke) sounds AWESOME, man!! Adam
Hilarious. Back in the day I could easily have been a steak and cheese taster. But now I’m a boring grown-up. sigh.
Yeah, if you’re that stoned all the time, you’d probably miss the point that the burrito taster job doesn’t exist. Sadly for all of us.
Aw man! Now I’m totally jonesing for some burrito. And a jet pack.
video games and burritos? And burritos that change, even gourmet ones? I could dream about that. even consider taking up smoking or drugs if thats the “bad” job I would then get.
I agree, this doesn’t exactly disincentivize pot smoking.
Bring on the twinkies and doritos!
Think I’ll roll one and smoke it while I make burritos.
Just goes to show you that probably very few people in control at the Office of National Drug Control Policy (or our government, in general) really know anything about pot.
There’s a blog currently making a list of successful potheads:
“Barack Obama, president-elect. Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the U.S. John Kerry, U.S. Senator and 2004 Democratic nominee for president. John Edwards, multi-millionaire, former U.S. Senator, and 2004 Democratic nominee for vice president. Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, 2008 Republican nominee for vice president. British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly, and and Chancellor Alistair Darling. Josh Howard, NBA all-star. New York Governor David Paterson. Former Vice President, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Oscar winner Al Gore. Former Sen. Bill Bradley, who smoked while playing professional basketball. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and former New York Governor George Pataki. Billionaire and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.”
It can be found here, with many more in the comments: http://www.theagitator.com/2008/11/07/successful-pot-smokers-lets-make-a-list/
Awww man… leave it to the NDCP to blab about a good thing. y’all stay away from my job, I like it plenty and I’m not giving it up.